See this section for a general discussion of LOGDRAFT's data entry facility, including menu selections, keyboard shortcuts and data entry techniques.
A source's tabulated section is composed of a list of cards. A single card holds all of the information taken at a single depth below ground, including: sampling data, the material description, testing data such as the material's plastic and liquid limit and any monitoring well sections placed at that depth. A sample card follows (this figure displays a complete data entry screen, including several cards):
Further information:
- Entering Depths
- Entering Soil Descriptions
- Selecting Stratigraphy Patterns
- Entering Sampling Data
- Entering Testing Data
- Monitoring Wells
- Cutting Copying and Pasting Cards
- Sorting Subsurface Data
- Spell Checking
- Finding and Replacing Text
- Entering Laboratory Test Data
- Useful Keystrokes
- Paragraph Fields
- Entering Numbers
- Subscripting and Superscripting
- Inserting Type Symbols
- Entering Project Data
- Entering Borings, Test Pits, Monitoring Wells, Etc.